Alfonso had one of the stormiest careers of any ruler in modern times Born in Madrid on May 17, 1886, the posthumous son of the late King Al-fons XII of Spain, he was formally crowned King on his 16th birthday on May 17, 1902, Secret police then discovered and thwarted an attempt assassinate him. A lunatic Gred at Alfonso on June 78, 1903, but he was unhurt, His murder was attempted In Paris on May 31, and again a year Inter when he married Princess, Vie~ toria Eugenia of Battenberg. A bomb was thrown at the couple as they left the church, 'Twenty-four spectators were killed' but the King and Queen were not hurt, another bomb was thrown at the king la Barcelona in 1908 and till another in Malaga in 1911. An at tchist fired a revolver at tim in 1919 attempt to assassinate the 16-year old boy king, The ring leaders were] arrested and' confessed.
Other attempts were:—
Tune 18, 1908, A lunatic shot] at the King and his mother as they were leaving a church in Madrid.
'May "31, 1905. In Paris, white the 'King' was riding os guest of the French nation with Presi Gent Loubet, a bomb was thrown at the carriage. It exploded almost under the carriage.
Nov, 7, 1905, Cartridges explode ed inthe church of San Pedro, Born a King Don Alfonso de Bourbon,.ex-King Alfonso XH of Spain,' Catholic Majesty of Jerusalem, Field Mar~ shal in the British Army and Knight of the Garter, was born a King, The posthumous son of King" At-fons XI of Spain, Don Alfonso himself became King of Spain name on the day of his birth, May 17, 1886, Sixteen years later ascended the throne to assume its Madrid, near the royal pew, while was' attending services, 'July 9, 1908. A bomb was! hurled at' the King while he was full powers and obligations, When the revolution of 1931 broke out and he left the country to go Into exile, he refused to abdicate: formally,'On the contrary he! Issued a manifesto on April 15, 1931, the day afler he left, declaring am King of all Spaniards....1 re~ nounce no single one of my rights,' However, in the middle. of January this year he formally renounced his rights to the Spanish Throne "ud. named his third son Don Juan "King of all Spaniards," "when Spain Judged the time opportune. thrown at' the King in Malaga. number of persons in the crowd were wounded, but the King was unhurt.
April 13, 1913, Rofael Sanche Allegro, an anarchist, fired three shots at the King at' point-blank range, as the monarch rode through Madrid after a public ceremony. The bullets missed King Alfonso. He Immediately} turned his horse and rode down the man who had sought to murder him—Reuter,
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